“We couldn’t change anything, and in times of war, people become helpless and vulnerable.”

“If you are dead you are totally unable to do anything to change your condition. We are spiritually helpless and hopeless and if our condition is to change, God must do it because we cannot.”

“But there you are. Helpless. Unable to defend yourself. Vulnerable. Victim.”

“Wars come and wars go,' he said. 'Things change, but the carousel is always here. It reminds people of the good times.”

“There are times for war—many times. But sometimes it’s necessary to risk speaking the truth of our own vulnerabilities.”

“The sound of her breathing reminded me, as it so often did, of how vulnerable she was. And how vulnerable we were because of how much we loved her. The fear - that something could happen to her at any moment, something I'd be helpless to stop - had become so omnipresent in my life that I sometimes pictured it growing, like a third arm, out of the center of my chest.”